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Henry Higgins: Look at her, a prisoner of the gutter, |
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Condemned by every syllable she utters |
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By right she should be taken out and hung, |
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For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue. |
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Eliza Doolittle: Aaoooww! |
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Henry (imitating her): Aaoooww! |
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Heavens! What a sound! |
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This is what the British population, |
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Calls an elementary education. |
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Pickering: Oh,Counsel, I think you picked a poor example. |
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Henry: Did I? |
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Dropping "h's" everywhere. |
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Speaking English anyway they like. |
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You sir, did you go to school? |
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Man: Wadaya tike me for, a fool? |
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Henry: No one taught him 'take' instead of 'tike! |
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Hear a Yorkshire man, or worse, hear a Cornishman converse. |
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I'd rather hear a choir singing flat. |
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Chickens, cackling in a barn, just like this one (pointing to Eliza) |
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Eliza: Gaaarn |
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Henry (writing, imitating Eliza): Gaaarn.. |
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I ask you Sir, what sort of word is that? (to Pickering) |
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It's "aoow" and "gaarn" that keep her in her place |
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Not her wretched clothes and dirty face |
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Why can't the English teach their children how to speak? |
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This verbal class distinction, by now, |
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Should be antique. If you spoke as she does, sir, |
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Instead of the way you do, |
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Why, you might be selling flowers, too! |
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Pickering: I beg your pardon! |
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Henry: An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him, |
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The moment he talks he makes some other |
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Englishman despise him. |
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One common language I'm afraid we'll never get. |
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Oh, why can't the English learn to |
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set a good example to people whose |
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English is painful to your ears? |
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The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears. |
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There even are places where English completely disappears. |
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Well, in America, they haven't used it for years! |
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Why can't the English teach their children how to speak? |
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Norwegians learn Norwegian |
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The Greeks have taught their Greek. |
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In France every Frenchman knows |
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his language from "A" to "Zed" |
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The French never care what they do, actually, |
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as long as they pronounce it properly. |
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Arabians learn Arabian with the speed of summer lightning. |
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And Hebrews learn it backwards, |
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which is absolutely frightening. |
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Use proper English you're regarded as a freak. |
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Why can't the English, |
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Why can't the English learn to speak? |
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My Fair Lady - Why Can't The English? |
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